“Are you tired and in need of a break? Looking for a holiday that combines ALL of your favourite activities*? Perhaps you’ve been bogged down at work, peeling onions, assisting with corporate grooming or playing Telephone Tag with friends.

Maybe you’ve upset the wrong people and you’re just worried about finding a Clydesdale’s head under your sheets. How about a nice beer (correctly labelled, of course) with people who feel the same about provenance as you do? Sound too good to be true? But wait, there’s more…

You’ll get to visit breweries and meet the brewers, share in tasting sessions and lovely meals and be transported thoughtfully about the countryside in comfort while being accommodated at nights in comfortable surrounds. Need more reason to read on?

US craft beers. (Beers shown are not actual size)

How about this; it’s overseas!! In The United States of America!!! Where they have loads of really good beer! From San Francisco to Seattle, the tour will take in Anchor Brewing Co, Sierra Nevada and Russian River, Rogue and many more. The US – Pacific Northwest Tour is open for expressions of interest and deposits of just $250 can secure you a place. Numbers are limited so it is advisable to book early.

Here’s the official blurb stuff.

We would dearly love you to join us to make this tour a go – and now is the time we are asking you to commit with a $250 deposit.

The good news is we have honed the price down to $4999 per person twin share.

Some key information about what we are doing and where we are going:

Dates: 5 – 19 September 2013

Starting in San Francisco ending in Seattle

Visiting cities / breweries (to be confirmed)

San Francisco – Anchor Steam

Santa Rosa – Russian River

Chico – Sierra Nevada

Medford – Southern Oregon

Bend – Bend Ale Trail

Newport – Rogue

Cape Kiwanda – Pelican

Portland – many and varied!

Seattle – Pike

· Including accommodation and many meals

· Geoff Griggs’ knowledge and passion

· Transport by comfortable minibus with local driver

· Visiting craft breweries and meeting brewers

· Of course, tasting beer at source

· (excluding airfares)

The flyer can be found here( with the original price) along with the terms and conditions.

Please let us know if you have any questions, or wish to put your deposit down, we’d love to hear from you.

*Favourite activities should be at least 98% Craft Beer-related. Individual results may vary. Consult your medical practitioner if pain persists.

{Although this piece is written in the form of a cheesy late-night advertisement, Craft Beer Tours have paid no money to have the piece published. It is, as always, a way of supporting people who are promoting good beer and good beer culture. If they then wish to support Brews News in a monetary form, well, you know, that’s up to them (holds hands out in pathetic ‘Oliver’ style beseech position)}